In merito al problema se i Superiori maggiori degli istituti religiosi di diritto pontificio clericali possano erigere pie fondazioni autonome.

The paper examines various aspects of a quaestio iuris of current pressing concern among canonists, regarding whether the major superiors of clerical religious institutes of pontifical right may set up autonomous pious foundations of a public or private canonical, legal nature. The purpose of this paper is to offer a solution to this matter, on the basis of the universal and particular laws in force, the general criteria that shape their interpretation and the practice of canon law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]